Four Points by Sheraton Levis Convention Centre

There was little life on the empty streets of the Old Town which became old probably hundreds of years ago and never came back to life again. Sleepy cafes with strangely impotent coffee, bored prostitute on the stairs of the Museum of American Civilization, an ice rink with cheerful French music from municipal loud speakers but few skaters around - hardly a better place to spend another hundred years in lethargic oblivion.

Happy Birthday Jan! Zum seinem 35igsten Geburtstag durfte Jan in einem wunderbar warmen Bett aufwachen. Ist das nicht schön?! Nach einem Frühstück, welches wir uns im Motel gönnten, schauten wir nach unserem Camper.

Die Scheiben waren gefroren! Kein Wunder bei -7 Grad!!! Jan musste leider mit einem Kärtchen die Scheibe kratzen! Das kommt Priska sicher bekannt vor ...

The stories of Quebec City being a piece of Europe located right here in Canada are so true. The buildings, the streets and the shops are intriguing and offer much to explore. We board a free electric shuttle that motors all through old Quebec. We venture ...

We depart mid afternoon to Toronto and catch a delayed connection to Quebec City to arrive very late Thursday evening. Our stay is at a the Hotel Chateau Laurier, a mid range full service hotel adjacent to the Military Armoury. The room is small but the price is just right. There is a St Hubert Chicken in the Hotel - this place also serves breakfast.

... it was cold and windy and wet and full of hills. Plus, someone tried to sell me a $15 hamburger (made of duck meat) at Montmorency Falls. The Falls would have been quite pleasant and worth exploring if not for the weather and our infirmities, so we journeyed further east to the town of Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre, site of a cathedral, or what ever, where miraculous healing of the lame was said to take place. Some of our number harboured secret hopes.

The Cathedral ...

... our bananas and a couple of cereal bars -YUCK! This is where I added another lesson to my ever-heightening learning curve: using my cycle jacket as a ski jacket has a certain flaw; in that the main pocket runs around the backside, upon which I had spent much of the previous couple of hours. Mashed bananas and cereal bar crumbs just weren't going to serve as a remotivator and so it was back to the hills unrefuelled.

The morning's ambitious peek of sunshine had failed ...

... we just keep reminding ourselves that we are not on a schedule and it doesn't matter how long it takes to get though an area...that is a freeing thought...and helpful for enabling us to begin to relax. The day was fairly uneventful. We enjoyed the scenery and took it easy. We once again booked our reservations while on the road...thanks to the iPhone, and being able to check for availability and rates. The ...

... them but had such a good time, we left (3) days later. Their gorgeous kitty, Babette is the one in the pix. Columbia is a city reminiscent of Victoria. We liked it very much. After Columbia, we travelled the remainder of South Carolina, then North Carolina and Virginia stopping in Roanoke, then Carlisle PA and Preble NY (outside Syracuse). The night in Preble was probably the worst since we hit the road. The weather was nasty and because of the temperatures our battery in ...

... and a half later, we were on the other side of Montreal and ready to stop. We thought we'd spend some time in Quebec City today and camp outside the city, however it is spilling rain, so we're just stopping for lunch and a quick walk, and a quick blog update before heading on. I will not make any predictions for our arrival in PEI so as not to jinx us further, but we should be there very soon. No pictures this time, will include on the next one. Later, H.

Bonjour.. Quebec still rocks !! , having a great time. Its certainly good to be on the road again. people keep reminding me iv'e got just one week left, so i thank those people, I Thank them with a snow ball to the head. It's been 5 nights now in this cute,adorable city of Quebec, my French has held out.... only because I've been able to speak English in most places and bumble my way round when someone doesn't speak English with ...